How to Use vitals in a Sentence

vitals

plural noun
  • By now the deer was just 20 yards away and but its vitals were obscured.
    — Tony Kalna Jr., Outdoor Life, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Her vitals streamed across his tablet, autosaving to her file.
    — Lexi Pandell, Wired, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Phillips released the arrow but struck behind the main vitals (heart and lungs).
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Nurses wheeled equipment out onto the pavement to take vitals.
    — ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Sometimes goats require a second or third follow up shot because those vitals are so small.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Emergency room doctors would later check his vitals and release him with blood caked to his arms and lips.
    — NBC News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Your website’s search metrics are the equivalent of health vitals.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Nurses visited twice daily and used a tablet device to check her vitals.
    — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2020
  • So providers request patients to visit a nearby clinic to record their vitals.
    — Murali Kashaboina, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Checking our own vitals should become a part of every consumer’s daily habit.
    — Noosheen Hashemi, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • After 36 hours in the hospital, her vitals were back in the normal range.
    — Keith Spera, NOLA.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • What is a reasonable time to be left in a doctor's office after the nurse takes your vitals and info?
    — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
  • After struggling with both deputies, a medic was seen asking to check Sutherland's vitals.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 25 May 2021
  • But researchers in Utah are working on new ways to screen for breast cancer that would be as easy as getting your vitals checked.
    — Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
  • When our baby was placed on Jb's chest, Jb's vitals all instantly improved.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Kevin seized the opportunity and settled the sights of his crossbow on the deer's vitals and squeezed the trigger.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2021
  • At the hospital, after checking my vitals and asking me to describe what was wrong, the triage nurse talked to my father.
    — Jaquira Díaz, Time, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Last winter, during the peak of the pandemic, those vitals were taken several times a day.
    — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The results are always the same, the bullet pushes through the vitals, leaving a trail of destruction.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The ring also includes a sleep analysis function that tracks the quality of sleep based on the vitals and time spent in each stage of sleep.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2022
  • But Ruff survived—the puncture wound had missed his vitals by inches—and went on to have a legendary hunting career.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2020
  • As long as Sase stayed in his room to monitor his vitals, doctors agreed that Wilhelmsen could play.
    — Ali Gostanian, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Yet Currie kept taking vitals and triaging patients, worried what an errant sneeze might spread across her clothes.
    — Washington Post, 4 July 2020
  • Detectives find Natalie’s vitals ring, which Love left on a bathroom sink by the state park.
    — Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The nurses give Raczkowski showers, check his blood pressure and vitals, and keep him company.
    — Michael Forster Rothbart, Scientific American, 10 June 2022
  • Nathan came to full draw and waited for the huge muley to present a shot, but the vitals remained hidden—until Liam made a small coyote bark.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The nurse returned to the room and cleared Hayes a second time, after checking his vitals and repositioning him.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The trial was delayed for about 20 minutes as Hamilton paramedics checked the juror’s vitals.
    — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Even as some providers worked to undress the victims to find hidden wounds, nurses looked for IV access and techs checked for vitals.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
  • Alabama’s vitals responded well, and the patient turned the corner.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2022

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